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Thank you, and have a good time editing here! TESHIGIGAS 20:46, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

i will. and was that tesh?????????????

Yes, but please don't put a huge gap like that, a colon is enough. TESHIGIGAS 21:06, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

ok. and 1 question remains. how does any1 put up the "this user_________" things????

They can also be found. Checking people's userpages for some different ones is a good idea too. And, as Tesh said, whenever you leave a comment on a talk page, sign it by typing ~~~~ at the end of it. Porygon-Z 22:25, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Well I'm 13 but that's not what I'm talking about. This is on MY userpage

I specialize in the creation of Signatures. If you need one, I'll make one for you. And all you have to do is ask me on my talk-page. This is also advertisement. I have created Signatures for these users:

cool. 2 bad the only home console i have is my trusty N64UkiraGrace611 00:13, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

I worship my N64. I still play the original Smash Bros. and it still ROXXORSC Isfor Cookie

Definitely not as good as the Subspace Emissary. IT WAS KEWLIO!!!PokeManiac102 00:31, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

WOAH, SUPER SMASH BROS. IS ON N64?!?!?!*faints*I'M OK!!!!! i also a an NDS and GBA, but i think we thru it out when we cleaned my room and it had no batteries............its a good thing NDS plays GBA games. I WANT PS2!!!!! i practicly worship my N64 also.UkiraGrace611 02:48, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Pokémon Pearl

I have pokémon pearl. how do you put your team on your user page, you know show its held items, moves etc.UkiraGrace611 16:18, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Yea yea yea, Be happy, I never played a Pokémon game, EVER except Ranger and Mystery DungeonPokeManiac102 15:56, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

this was my FIRST pokémon game and probably last 4 a while because is spent all my alowance on it. probably as long as it willl take me 2 get national dex and then i can use pal park!!!UkiraGrace611 16:07, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

i hate these trainers i'm battling currently. last time i lost. but this time i think i'll win.UkiraGrace611 16:22, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
rrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhttttttttttttPokeManiac102 16:22, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Signature Policy

Heya, if you hadn't already heard, we've got a new Signature Policy up and running now... I'm just working through all the users I can find now, and letting people know what they need to fix (if anything) about their signatures. Here's the new rules:

All signatures will be text-only and not exceed 80 characters on-screen when rendered.

No line breaks.

The font size of the signature will be no larger than the font size of normal text.

No signature templates.

A link to the user page, at minimum, and a link to the user talk page is recommended.

Okay, your signature's only got too problems; images (can't have those anymore), and it's a template. Easy fix of course, and the signature will still look just fine without the images too (Pokemaniac did a good job on it, hehe).

I've taken the liberty of fixing your template already (seeing as you won't be able to do it yourself), so that'll fix all your old signatures. :D Now just do me a favor; take the coding below and just copy+paste it right into the "nickname" box in your Preferences. That'll set up your signature just the same as before, but without the template, so there's no worries there.

You'll be all set once that's done. Thanks a bunch in advance! --Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> 05:46, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

i hate new policy. its only because of the no user page edit.:K riht now i'm a Golbat, biting whoever's idea it was right now.Ukira Grace 611 14:52, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Automessage for grace's signature: i'm sorry, but the signature u chose is 2 long. please make a new one at the beep. BEEEEP!!!!Ukira Grace 611 14:52, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, to be fair, the User: editing "ban" and the Signature Policy are more or less separate; we'll be editing userpages soon enough, I assume. (I hope.) --Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 02:27, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Well i hope we get our old signatures in all they're glory once this stupid ban is over.Ukira Grace 611 03:29, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

When the userspace ban is over, the signature policy will still be in effect, so nothing about that will change... the templates had the side effect of causing server lag, and the images were distracting. But there's like a million ways to do signatures without using images or templates, so no reason to wait until the ban's over to do that. --Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 04:36, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

ecept i'm signature-less because ur thing was 2 long!!!!

Ho-hum. Give me a few minutes to find the problem, and I'll get you a replacement. MediaWiki can be a little picky about that. :D --Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 04:44, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

if i try, its goes only 1 ' after 611!!!!!

Urk! Coding errors. There's some glitch with the Contributions link, it doesn't like that for some reason. I think I know a fix, let me dig it up. And the background color's taking up a lot of space too. I'll figure out something. --Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 04:53, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Yay! That works. I changed the links around a bit, so the background fits now. It doesn't have a Contributions link anymore, but if people want to see that, they can just click the "user contributions" on the side your userpage. What do you think?

How can you be sleepy? It's only 1:24 AM where I live. Sunlight is overrated! :D --Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 05:24, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

i got the egg from the hiker in hearthome, and i =hatched it 2day. and guess what. ITS SHINY!!!!!

and she's only a level up from being a chansey.

is it possible 2 have a shiny pokemon evolve into a regular 1. because i could've swore that she was shiny and then she evolved into a regular chansey. she didn't even have the sprite of a regular as happiny, because u've seen it on her page, and she evolved into a regular 1.T-T

You were mistaken. Shinies become shinies, non-shinies become non-shines. Check the status screen, not just the sprite. If there's a red star and the Dex number is in red, it's shiny. If not, it's not. TTEchidna 06:01, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

can't. its not shiny anymore as its a blissey.UkiraGrace611 15:53, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Pokémon can't become unshiny. So your Happiny wasn't shiny in the first place, most probably. Tina☆♫ 16:48, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

i compared images here, and it was 100% shiny. maybe its just a glitch in my game.

does anyone know of any trainers that use a lumineon???UkiraGrace611 01:10, 29 April 2008 (UTC)